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| | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | OK - just started here this evening & as mentioned before looking at a 58 with a 235.
Question - How reliable is this engine when mechanically sound? I assume since this engine was used a lot that it was a good engine. Can you guys tell me things to look out for? Does it make good power with a 1 bbl & 50 year old points?
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 55 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 55 | I have owned 10 or so of these 235s and they have all been great. In my 2ton trucks I used to get 10mpg fully loaded going down the Highway. My 2nd car was a 56 chevy car with overdrive and onetime going at 55 I got 25mpg. I never had any trouble with any of them. In 1998 I drove a fully loaded 52 2ton from Manhattan Kansas to Soldotna Alaska 4200 miles and the motor only used 2 quarts of oil. My 1953 1ton has a 216 and someday I'll put in a 235. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 | YGTBSM
The 235 is one of the most reliable engines ever made. Satart out with a compresion check, a tune up and a rebuild if there is something seriously wrong. It will run forever if you take minimal care of it. Check the daily driver forum and browse around the war stories.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | OK - just started here this evening & as mentioned before looking at a 58 with a 235.
Question - How reliable is this engine when mechanically sound? I assume since this engine was used a lot that it was a good engine. Can you guys tell me things to look out for? Does it make good power with a 1 bbl & 50 year old points? 'Taint nothing wrong with the 235. I have to ask about your handle. Are you vertically challenged & farm for a living OR do you farm midgets?  
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | Midget farms refers to the size of the farm, more than the size of the man.
I have 2.5 acres of orchard, apples, berries, pears, cherries & chickens.
Now - for a living - I work at a major manufacturer of construction equipment. But lately - that is nothing to brag about. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | It seems any manufacturing is dying in this country. It'll be a sad day when we as a country don't know how to build anything. With all the fruit & fowl around your place it sounds like a lot of work but I bet you eat good.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | Check out the website www.midgetfarms.comThat will give you the idea. It's been a while since I've updated it, but it does OK for now. We love it & have a ton of fun. I bought the antique tractor as my lawn mower & now the truck as the "farm truck".
Last edited by Midget Farmer; 03/04/2009 4:59 AM.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 38 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 38 | I checked out your "midget" farm. Looks like a lot of fun. I want to do some small scale "farming" myself with my five and half acres I got out in the country. | | |
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